Thomas C. Lynch

1953 - 2021

HIGH FALLS—Thomas Christopher Lynch passed away peacefully at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC, on October 30th at the age of 68 due to complications arising from his cancer treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Tom was born on September 11, 1953, in Westchester County, NY, grew up in High Falls, and most recently resided in Summerville, SC, with his family.He was the son of Frank A. and Dorothy F. (Daley) Lynch of High Falls, both of whom predeceased him. Thomas graduated from Rondout Valley High School in 1971 and attended Eisenhower College. He began his career in the wine trade starting as a waiter at the DePuy Canal House in High Falls while stillin high school. After relocating to Manhattan in 1976, Tom began his ascent in the industry joining the team at Windows on the World atop the Twin Towers in New York City, reconnecting with Kevin Zraly, with whom he had worked at the Canal House, and meeting fellow waiter Michael Skurnik. Following several stints with wine importers Tom decided to move to France to further his study of thelanguage and the wine business from his base in Paris. Upon returning to the States, he took a sales position with Remy Martin and later became a sales ambassador for KRUG champagnes. In 1991, Tom reconnected with Michael Skurnik to join the newly formed Michael Skurnik Wines teamas the first sales person. There he found a home and spent the next 30 years at Skurnik making manyvaluable contributions to the growth of the firm.In addition to his wife of 30 years June (Walsh) Lynch, Tom is survived by his son Jack of Summerville,and Claire, of Ithaca, NY.Tom is also survived by brothers Michael (Susan) of Troy, NY, Gary (Andrea) of Peachtree City, GA,Jonathan of Poughkeepsie, NY, and a niece and several nephews.A private service will be held at a future date. https://www.lastingmemories.com/thomas-c-lynch